I have to endorse David Joyces "wedge of alloy" as a simple, cheap and
effective parking brake.
Ours is made of tufnol but the material is irrelavent. It is possible to
apply as much or as little pressure on the brake lever as required
regardless of play or wear in the rest of the system and the cord stops you
loosing it.
We have used ours for a year now and cant imagine why you would need
anything more complex.
Carl Pattinson
G-LABS
----- Original Message -----
From: "david joyce" <davidjoyce@beeb.net>
Subject: Re: Europa-List: parking brake system
>
> For my mono I have found a simple wedge of alloy, (the same thickness as
the
> brake lever slot) to work very well and it probably beats everything for
> lightness and simplicity. You just drop it down in front of the lever
when
> you park, so as to take up all the space when the required braking force
is
> applied. It has a loop of cord through its thick end which stops it being
> able to fall thru the slot, and hangs it over the handle when not in use.
> David Joyce
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rob Housman <RobH@hyperion-ef.com>
> To: <europa-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: RE: Europa-List: parking brake system
>
>
> >
> > I have installed the Matco valve in my not-yet-flying Tri-Gear (and also
> > added a set of foot brakes to the right side), and have located the
valve
> > within the tunnel, just to the right of the 914's throttle quadrant.
> > Although I have seen Dennis' monowheel Europa a few times I don't recall
> > where he put the valve, but from his description it sounds like it is
> about
> > where I located it. Having a big empty space in my tunnel I can't
comment
> > on whether the valve will interfere with the monowheel's operation but
the
> > valve is certainly small enough to fit somewhere in the cockpit. I can
> > provide a drawing of the bracket I fabricated to mount the valve and
> details
> > of the extension shaft to put the operating lever above the tunnel -
> contact
> > me off list if you want more details.
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Rob Housman
> > Europa XS Tri-Gear A070
> > Airframe complete
> > Irvine, CA
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com
> > [mailto:owner-europa-list-server@matronics.com]On Behalf Of Stanislav
vec
> > To: Europa Forum
> > Subject: Europa-List: parking brake system
> >
> =?iso-8859-2?Q?Stanislav_=A9vec?<standa.svec@volny.cz>
> >
> >
> > To all
> >
> > On Denis Vories info page http://www.europa-usa.com/enhancements.htm
> (great,
> > full of super ideas, his upholstery professionaly made) I can read in
> > chapter UNDERCARRIAGE :
> >
> > . Thanks to Kim Prout, a hydraulic Matco parking brake valve (ACS#
> > 06-17200) secures Europa during parking and during run up when hands
must
> > be free. This valve holds the brake parked for weeks and should be
> included
> > with the kit - is hard to imagine flying the aircraft without it. The
> > parking brake lever is located within "finger flick" distance of the
hand
> > brake handle so that one hand can easily activate the park function and
> pull
> > the brake handle.
> >
> >
> > Please, is anybody else installed this parking brake? I would like to
know
> > before ordering this valve by Spruce (98$), if there is enough place for
> the
> > installation in the undercarriage tunel and so it is not necessary to
move
> > current existing original equipment (original brake valve, lines, etc.).
> It
> > is a little difficult to make decision about it when I have not the
> parking
> > valve with the handle in my hand.
> >
> >
> > Thanks very much for answers.
> >
> >
> > Stanislav, builder #438
> >
> >
> > =A9vec Stanislav
> >
> > E-mail: standa.svec@volny.cz
> >
> >
>
>
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